In a survey conducted by Local Circles in January 2021, the majority of respondents in India, fearing data privacy concerns, considered discontinuing their WhatsApp business accounts. On the contrary, around 17 percent of the participants decided to continue with the application despite controversial policy change.
Impact of policy change on WhatsApp business account usage in India as of January 2021
Survey question:
"WhatsApp has come out and specifically outlined that data of chats with business accounts along with your profile details, image, contact information will be shared with Facebook, Instagram and third party service providers. Given that will you continue doing chats with business accounts?"
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LocalCircles. (January 13, 2021). Impact of policy change on WhatsApp business account usage in India as of January 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198737/india-policy-change-impact-on-whatsapp-business-account-usage/
LocalCircles. "Impact of policy change on WhatsApp business account usage in India as of January 2021." Chart. January 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198737/india-policy-change-impact-on-whatsapp-business-account-usage/
LocalCircles. (2021). Impact of policy change on WhatsApp business account usage in India as of January 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198737/india-policy-change-impact-on-whatsapp-business-account-usage/
LocalCircles. "Impact of Policy Change on Whatsapp Business Account Usage in India as of January 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198737/india-policy-change-impact-on-whatsapp-business-account-usage/
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